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Article: Computer Users Scramble To Sabotage Michelangelo; Deadly Virus Set to Wreak Havoc Tomorrow
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- The Washington Post
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- March 5, 1992
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Panicky computer users all over the Washington area are
scrambling to protect their machines before a highly destructive
computer "virus" known as Michelangelo strikes tomorrow.
Local software stores reported yesterday that they were selling
out of special programs that detect and remove the virus. Callers
were swamping hot lines that advise on how to foil the electronic
saboteur, which enters computers surreptitiously through a floppy
disk and orders it to wipe out stored data on March 6, the birthday
of the famous Italian Renaissance artist.
The virus has been found and removed from computers in places
as varied as the Ramada Renaissance Hotel on Ninth Street NW, House
of ...